TEAMS have been set up to co-ordinate the bid to raise £1.3m for the East Lancashire Hospice.

Committees have been formed in Blackburn and Darwen and the Ribble Valley. A third committee is expected to be formed in Accrington.

Anybody wishing to organise a fund-raising event should contact:

BLACKBURN AND DARWEN: Richard Sutlieff Telephone 01254 680140.

RIBBLE VALLEY: George and Edna Clarkson Telephone 01254 826688.

Any person or group seeking publicity in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for a fund-rasing event should call reporter Amy Binns on 01254 678678 ext 208.

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